Film

MoneyMoves: 超时工作 (2019)

A Mayworks Premiere
Runtime: 6.22 minutes

Saturday, May 1 – Monday, May 31

A roving performance that considers the toll of wage theft on the body. Created by artist En Lai Mah, MoneyMoves: 超时工作 makes visible what is too often unnoticed: the labour of immigrant workers who put food on our tables. Mah collaborated with elderly grocery store workers to create a performance that is inspired by their work. The resulting performance tells the story of one worker in particular, 56-year old Mr. Bao, who is fighting for compensation after being injured on the job. Subverting the repetitive routines of gruelling work, the performance draws on movement and martial arts to resist feelings of immobility in the body. Filmed in grocery stores across the city, the performance calls grocery workers to find the physical and emotional strength required to stand up to their bosses.

Join creator En Lai Mah, director Yasmine Mathurin, producer V.T. Nayani, performer Mr. Bao and Chinese Canadian National Council Toronto Chapter members for the MoneyMoves: 超时工作, A conversation on Thursday, May 13th, 7:30-9:00PM.

Created by Choreographer/Performer: En Lai Mah
Performer: Mr. Bao
Director: Yasmine Mathurin   
Producer: V. T. Nayani  

Commissioned by Mayworks and presented in collaboration with the Chinese Workers Network and the Chinese Canadian National Council Toronto Chapter.